# Rotational Pharmacy Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy assistant
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £30,142 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend, bank holiday and late duty rotas.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T23:01:03.537Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8353968
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8353968?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, hard-working and patient focused person, interested in gaining experience within a Hospital Pharmacy? If so, we have a position to suit you.

We are looking for keen individuals to join our friendly stores and dispensary teams, to help us provide an efficient medicine supply service. This is a developmental role, no previous hospital or pharmacy experience is required just a willingness to take on a dynamic and rewarding role supplying medicines. You will be supported to work towards rotational objectives and undertake an NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services.

The Stores and Distribution team within Pharmacy provides the medicine supply service for three dispensaries, all wards and departments at Epsom and St Helier hospitals and a wide variety of local community clinics.

Within the dispensary team you will play a key role in preparing medicines for our patients. You will also carry out general housekeeping, filing and receptionist duties and undertake daily stock checks.

You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication and time management skills, basic IT skills and have a good attention to detail. Evidence of previous basic experience of stock control & maintenance, such as stock rotation, ordering and/or receiving stock should be included in your application.

Hours of work are Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am to 5.30pm. You will also participate in the late duty, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday rotas.

### Main duties of the job

To assist in the efficient economical running of the pharmacy service by dispensing prescriptions in accordance with departmental policies and by maintaining accurate stock levels of pharmaceutical products in wards and departments, including Pharmacy.

The post includes general duties within the Pharmacy distribution service including receiving goods, carrying out ward top ups, and issuing stock to wards, carried out under the supervision of the Pharmacy Distribution Services Manager.

Previous candidates no need to apply.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements.

Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good time management skills
- Be able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients
- Be able to make judgements involving straightforward facts or situations, some requiring analysis
- Keyboard skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Be able to work closely with the specialist in the ward/department under the pharmacy lead
- Able to work indispensably and manage their own workload

**Desirable**

- Experience of CMM Pharmacy Computer System

### Experience

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of stock rotation & expiry dates
- Experience working in a hospital or community pharmacy
- Experience of dispensing medication

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- willing to work towards NVQ Level 2

## Documents

- [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677)
- [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 87.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2450)
- [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413)
- [rotational pharmacy assistant band 2 (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679722)

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